Silvical Characteristics | Indigenous Knowledge |
Species yielding resin | A.
malaccensis
* A. beccariana A. microcarpa |
Forest type | Mixed lowland to hill dipterocarp forest |
Favorable sites | |
Soil Microclimate | Steeper hillsides, ravines Thin, nutrient poor Dry |
Distribution pattern | Scarce,
but widely distributed sometimes patchy, infected trees clumped, i.e., a dozen or more saplings within a 50 m radius |
Associated species | |
| Palms, including: Arenga brevipes Oncospermae horridum Licuala valida |
| Insect, unidentified but maybe cicada, which bores holes in the tree |
Regeneration | |
from wildlings From coppice From cuttings | No report Observed attempts, but unsuccessful Observed, good No report |
Morphology | |
| Irregular shape, apparent injury, insect attack; misshapen bole, leaf drop |
* Because of the scarcity of A. microcarpa, and the lack of data specific to A.
beccariana, the information above applies to the species A. malaccensis only.